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Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 20116 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2011, 8:09 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2011, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1213 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

288 
WGUS54 KTSA 250109
FFWTSA
OKC035-041-097-105-115-131-250700-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FF.W.0054.110525T0109Z-110525T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
809 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR NOWATA TO 
TULSA TO NEAR OKMULGEE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES. AREAL FLOODING REMAINS 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...AND ANY ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY RAINS THAT OCCUR DURING A DOWNPOUR...WILL 
CAUSE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JAY...MIAMI...NOWATA...VINITA...ADAIR...AFTON...BERNICE...BIG
  CABIN...BLUEJACKET...CHELSEA...CHLOETA...CLEORA...COLCORD...
  COMMERCE...DELAWARE...DISNEY...FAIRLAND...GROVE...I-44 NEAR MILE
  MARKER 0...KANSAS...KETCHUM...LANGLEY...LEACH...LOCUST GROVE...
  NARCISSA...NEW ALLUWE...OAKS...PENSACOLA...PICHER AND QUAPAW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO
UNKNOWN DEPTHS. IT ONLY TAKES TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER TO CARRY AWAY
MOST SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND PICKUPS. TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. REMEMBER...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

&&

LAT...LON 3701 9461 3649 9462 3616 9457 3616 9512
      3615 9511 3615 9526 3630 9506 3671 9574
      3701 9544

$$
1 follow-up statement
655 
WGUS74 KTSA 250659
FFSTSA

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
159 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

OKC035-041-097-105-115-131-250714-
/O.EXP.KTSA.FF.W.0054.000000T0000Z-110525T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-OTTAWA OK-ROGERS OK-
159 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ROGERS...OTTAWA...SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA...EASTERN MAYES...DELAWARE AND
CRAIG COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 AM CDT...

THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. AN AERIAL FLOOD 
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY AS MANY LOW LYING 
AREAS REMAIN FLOODED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 3701 9461 3649 9462 3616 9457 3616 9512
      3615 9511 3615 9526 3630 9506 3671 9574
      3701 9544

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington56 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more48 min
May 24, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington31 min
May 24, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee39 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner43 min
May 24, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner40 min
May 24, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg39 min
May 24, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner40 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 4 more66 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha63 min
May 24, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner5 hr
May 24, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAChoctaw64 min
May 24, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner46 min
May 24, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg48 min
May 24, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha42 min
May 24, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa48 min
May 24, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes43 min
May 24, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg65 min
May 24, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore47 min
May 24, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware65 min
May 24, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee26 min
May 24, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
May 24, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah67 min
May 24, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair36 min
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore49 min
May 24, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair42 min
May 24, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah33 min
May 24, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah34 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.